Studley Inc.’s local office is getting into the development services business, in a manner of speaking.

The New York tenant representation company has hired developer Jay Bothwell as senior managing director in the D.C. office to lead its expansion into the design-build field by helping clients that want to build their own corporate homes.

“It has not been a focus of ours, and we haven’t had the depth of staff that’s necessary for large-scale base building, and Jay’s the first step in building that,” said David Lipson, director of Studley’s D.C. office. ...